Imagining the Byzantine Past: The Perception of History in the Illustrated Manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses

ISBN-13: 9781107450011 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 352 str.

Elena N. Boeck

Opis

The first comparative, cross-cultural study of medieval illustrated histories that engages in a direct, confrontational dialogue with Byzantine historical memory.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Mystery, history and materiality; 2. Engaging Byzantium, enraging Byzantium: Sicily, Bulgaria and the contestation of Constantinopolitan pre-eminence; 3. Narrative emplotments and patterns of prioritization: analyzing visual codes and structural modes; 4. Amplification as dialogue: the link between design and patronage; 5. Iconoclasm as narrative experiment: religion, politics and memory; 6. A headstrong case for getting ahead: scrutinizing narratives of de-capitation; 7. Constantinople: story spaces or storied Imperial places; Afterword.